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This file photo taken on October 14, 2016 shows members of the forces loyal to Libya’s UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) gathering in the coastal city of Sirte, east of the capital Tripoli, AFP

Deputy Leader of Libya’s GNA Resigns

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jan 2, 2017 | World

A deputy leader of Libya’s Government of National Accord (GNA) announced his resignation on Monday, saying the U.N.-backed administration had failed to tackle urgent problems arising from years of conflict and political disarray. The resignation of Musa al-Koni...

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Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a weekly cabinet meeting in his office in Jerusalem November 9, 2014. REUTERS/

Israel’s Netanyahu under Investigation over Alleged Corruption

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jan 2, 2017 | World

Israel Police investigators officially began interrogating Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at his official residence in Jerusalem on Monday on suspicion of receiving gifts from businessmen in breach of his role as a public servant, Israeli media said. Netanyahu told...

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Germany’s Saarland state police vice president Hugo Mueller (L) and the Federal state’s General prosecutor Margot Burmeister (R) speak at a news conference at the police headquarters in Saarbruecken, Germany, 02 January 2017. They informed the media about the arrest of a Syrian national early on 31 December 2016 on suspicion of having planned a terrorist attack on New Year’s Eve. EPA/THOMAS WIECK

Terror Attack Plotter Arrested in Germany

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jan 2, 2017 | Middle East

A Syrian immigrant who arrived in Germany two years ago has been arrested under suspicions of attempting to secure funds for the terror group ISIS to drive truck bombs into a crowd, a German state prosecutor’s office said on Monday. The man has admitted to...

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People look at a burned vehicle at the site of car bomb attack in a busy square at Baghdad’s sprawling Sadr City district, in Iraq January 2, 2017. REUTERS/Ahmed Saad

ISIS Suicide Bomber Kills 36 in Baghdad Market

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jan 2, 2017 | Middle East

A suicide bomber driving a pickup loaded with explosives struck a sprawling market in Baghdad on Monday, killing at least 36 people in an attack claimed by the ISIS group hours after French President Francois Hollande arrived in the Iraqi capital. The bomb went off in...

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New Everton majority shareholder Farhad Moshiri, left, purchased 49.9% of the club in March but Bill Kenwright remains on the board.
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Philip Green, Vibrac and Riverdance: The Mystery of Everton’s ‘Shadow Investor’

by Ed Aarons | Jan 2, 2017 | Sports

After almost two hours being interrogated on everything from the details of Sam Allardyce’s contract to homophobia at October’s culture, media and sport select committee inquiry, question 90 was the curveball the Football Association chairman Greg Clarke certainly...